Anna of Brooklyn () is a 1958 French-Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica and and starring Gina Lollobrigida, De Sica and Amedeo Nazzari.
It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures in Britain and the United States and by Gloria Film in West Germany.
Plot A rich young widowed Gina Lollobrigida as Anna, leaves New York and searches for a husband in the village in Italy where she was born.
Cast Gina Lollobrigida as Anna Vittorio De Sica as Don Luigi Dale Robertson as Raffaele Amedeo Nazzari as Ciccone Peppino De Filippo as Peppino Carla Macelloni as Rosina Gabriella Pallotta as Mariuccia Luigi De Filippo as Zitto-Zitto Clelia Matania as Camillina Renzo Cesana as Baron Trevassi Terence Hill as Chicco - Don Luigi's nephew Augusta Ciolli as Aunt Carmela Gigi Reder as Berardo Fausto Guerzoni Gentleman who buys the medicine Emma Baron
Carlo Rizzo Molly Robinson Attilio Torelli Marco Tulli Ruth Volner Pasquale Misiano Alfredo Ricalzone Dori Romano
Awards Won 1958 David di Donatello Awards: David for Best Producer -
Nominated 8th Berlin International Film Festival: Golden Bear
References
Bibliography Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
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